This paper was prepared by Martha Baxter, Agnes Szuda and Berte Gebreyohanes from the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate. The authors thank (OECD unless specified otherwise) Delia Sánchez Trancón, Enxhi Tresa, Annelies Deuss, Ada Ignaciuk, Guillaume Gruère and Julia Nielson for insightful comments and suggestions. The paper drew on the discussions in a Technical Workshop on “Anticipating and monitoring water risks for agriculture”, which took place at the OECD on 5 November 2025. The authors are grateful to all the speakers: Inbal Becker-Reshef, NASA Harvest and Microsoft AI for Good Lab; Nick Brozovic, Water for Food Institute, University of Nebraska–Lincoln; Marie-Charlotte Buisson, International Water Management Institute; Elena De Petrillo, WaterToFood Lab, Politecnico di Torino; Anna Dupont, International Water Management Institute; Mikaël Maes, OECD Environment Directorate; Catarina Madaleno, Association of Beneficiaries of the Lezíria Grande of Vila Franca de Xira; Kayla Moore, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Marie-Anne Paulin, Danone; Frank Rijsberman, The Nature Conservancy; Oriana Romano, OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities; Maher Salman, FAO; Bengu Ozge Serifoglu, European Environment Agency; Sofie te Wierik, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK); Marta Tuninetti, WaterToFood Lab, Politecnico di Torino; Lucy Watkinson, OECD Environment Directorate and Raffaella Zucaro, Consorzio Canale Emiliano-Romagnolo. Thanks to Hilary Gaboriau and Martina Abderrahmane for support with the publication.
This work has been made possible thanks to a voluntary contribution from the Government of Colombia.